1967 Vox Cheetah V267 guitar
Pete Townshend’s use of a sunburst 1967 Vox Cheetah guitar. As far as is known, this guitar was used once and destroyed on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour show, 15 Sept., 1967, at CBS Television Studios, Los Angeles (the program aired that Sunday, 17 Sept., 1967.
Instrument description from the Vox Museum:
An exquisite double cutaway electric acoustic guitar. Has built-in E tuner, distortion booster, treble and bass booster, repeat percussion. All new easy-to-fret fast neck with Vox double T-bar and adjustable steel rod. Two exclusive Vox Ferro-sonic pickups. Fully adjustable bridge. One volume, two tone controls, 3-position pickup selector.
For more information, see the Vox Museum.
15 Sept. 1967, on the Smothers Brothers show, miming through two short-lived U.S. Thomas Organ (Vox) Super Beatle amplifiers.
Resources and Information
Thanks to Jules for assistance with this page: vintageguitars.org.uk/voxCheetah.
Instrument info
- The Vox Museum: voxamps.co.uk/museum/guitar1.asp
- Vintage Guitars: vintageguitars.org.uk/voxCheetah